Gratitude takes work, but it is oh so worth it. Today I am grateful for husbands and kids and best friends, and healthy lunches, and books, and pink shirts and a job that I love. Try it! What is on your gratitude list today? #charlesmschulz #charlesschulz #grateful #gratitude #everything #inspiring #inspo #inspiration #quotes #quote #quoteoftheday … Continue reading Be. Grateful.

Tuesday is very rarely my favourite day of the week... Rainbow by Kesha helps. What is your mood lifting playlist? #kesha #rainbow #music #mood #brightenup #kalidesautelsreads #TuesdayTunes via @RiplApp @iiswhoiis #womenempowerment #women #metoo #tuesday #blogger #blog #blogging #followforfollow #follow #f4f #kalidesautelsreads

After more than a year, this page and the blog that spun off of it has gone through an evolution. While maintaining the book reviews, and love of all things literary, this has also become my platform by which I advocate for things about which I feel strongly - mental health, feminism, equality, access to … Continue reading Getting to Know You…

❤️❤️❤️💔 Jen Sincero is a life coach who teaches her clients to live their best lives. Believing that the universe is made up of energy and that the “frequency” at which we vibrate determines the life we will live. Sincero encourages her readers to stop letting our own fears get in our way, and particularly … Continue reading You Are A Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness And Start Living An Awesome Life ~ Jen Sincero (2013)

Tonight I will post my review of @JenSincero’s You Are A Badass on the blog! (Hint? It’s AWESOME!!) #kalidesautels #badass via @RiplApp #blogpost #blogger #blog #review #jensincero #youareabadass #awesome #bookstagram #book #books #booklover #booknerd #bibliophile #reading #read #reader #readers #wine #canva #ripl #f4f #update #follow

Meal prep Sunday in the kitchen on my own, with Jen Sincero on Audible - picking up tips on living the best life possible. “*The definition of screwing someone over is taking their money and doing a lousy job or destroying their water source or enslaving populations, things like that—your mother being disappointed or your … Continue reading #SundayRead via @RiplApp

My kids are both into The Hobbit at 8 and 10. How old were you when you read this classic for the first time? #thehobbit #hobbit #baggins #magic #tolkientattoo #jrrtolkien #fantasy #literature #childrensboutique #classic #benedictcumberbatch #martinfreeman #ianmckellen #fiction #reading #corner #shelfie #bookstagram #books #bookshelf #read #reading #kidswhoread #readingnook #movies #film #blogger #blog #kalidesautelsreads

I am so excited to be a mere 159 followers away from MY FIRST GIVEAWAY!!! Ready for some bookish prizes?? To win, simply tag a friend, follow my page and like one of the 3 giveaway posts!! #kalidesautelsreads #giveaway #1000followers via @RiplApp #followback #1000 #followers #book #bookstagram #bookish #books #reading #readinglist #read #readersofig #blogger #blog … Continue reading 159 followers to go!!!!

❤️❤️💔 In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote what is generally considered to be the first self-help book. Still a best seller due to its common sense advice on appealing to others and expanding the reader’s sphere of influence. In the “digital age” when most communication is electronic, be they tweets, email, texts or Facebook posts, some … Continue reading How To Win Friends and Influence People In The Digital Age ~ Dale Carnegie & Associates (2011)

I will preface this by saying: 1 - I do not agree with being referred to as a “girl”; and 2 - I do not believe that being a “nice” person automatically means that one will not be successful. HOWEVER, I do lack a certain level of assertiveness that one needs to possess in order … Continue reading Assertiveness Training